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Author Topic: WIFI enabled CF or USB flash drive?  (Read 1993 times)

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WIFI enabled CF or USB flash drive?
« on: October 14, 2015, 10:24:36 pm »
Ok, it's related to Jukeboxes in a tangential way, but.....

I've been looking for something like a CF card or USB thumbdrive with WIFI enabled.

Something that I could setup via PC to join my WIFI network and then, after that, it just looks like a drive node on the network that I can copy files to and from (when within range of course).

I found a little USB drive that sounded like the answer, but turns out, you have to run a proprietary app on the PC side, and have WIFI capability on the PC, for the PC to be able to see the thunbdrive, and even then, you HAVE to use their software to move data back and forth...

That won't work for what I'm envisioning.

Any ideas if such a thing exists?


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Re: WIFI enabled CF or USB flash drive?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2015, 03:33:57 pm »
a NAS Box / Enclosure ?

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Re: WIFI enabled CF or USB flash drive?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2015, 06:32:14 pm »
I should have explained more.

I have one of those digital pic frames.  Its got a USB and CF slot on the back but no wireless.

I've been thinking I could put a wifi USB drive or cfcard in there,  join that to me network as just a net attached drive and copy images to display to it automatically from my server.   

But,  I may be dreaming….